I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.
("The Tenant of Wildfell Hall")
More Quotes from Anne Bronte:
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .Anne Bronte
There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.
Anne Bronte
But then to wake and find it flown,
The dream of happiness destroyed,
To find myself unloved, alone,
What tongue can speak the dreary void?
Anne Bronte
I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the first advances, or at least show some signs of an humble and contrite spirit, first; for, if I began, it would only minister to his self-conceit, increase his arrogance, and quite destroy the lesson I wanted to give him.
Anne Bronte
The fire is burning in the grate
As redly as it used to burn,
But still the hearth is desolate
Till Mirth and Love with Peace return.
Anne Bronte
Their dreams of bliss were not in vain,
As they love they are loved again,
And they can bless as they are blessed.
Anne Bronte
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